07-22-2016, 11:02 AM
(07-22-2016, 10:51 AM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: I think you have to listen to the speech, from the mindset of those who see things differently than you, in order to gauge it's effectiveness.
I've since listened to segments of it and even they were hard to get through. I don't view my country as dark & scary, I don't feel the foreboding that he is trying to impress upon me. What he sees and what I see are two very different Americas. I am not frightened and I don't feel hopeless.
No matter where I tuned in to this speech all I heard were ridiculous promises, I didn't hear a plan of action or even a starting point. I didn't hear anything of substance and I wanted to so that I could argue about it in an informed manner.